FDA "Personal Use" Regs Frustrate Internet Pharmacy Oversight - GAO
Executive Summary
FDA's inconsistent application of its personal use drug import exemption has frustrated other federal agencies attempting to take action on drugs illegally shipped into the U.S. by foreign Internet pharmacies, a General Accounting Office report says.
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